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Friday, January 11, 2008

In the Italian, Serie A 2005/2006 season,the 29th scudetto originally won by Juventus F.C.,this was later revoked due to the 2006 Calciopoli Scandal with Internazionale on July 26, 2006 declared champions by the Italian Football Federation. Serie A (the major professional football league in Italian) commenced on August 28, 2005 and finished on May 14, 2006 and was contested for the second year in a row by 20 teams.Juventus were found guilty for their involvement in a major scandal involving its board of administration and its managing director Luciano Moggi. A number of wiretappings involving Luciano Moggi and some other leading figures of Italian football shows how Moggi managed and arranged several matches at the very least during 2004/2005 season. This lead to official FIGC tribunals being opened in both Rome and Naples to investigate the matter. Three other clubs. A. C. Milan, ACF Fiorentina and S.S. Lazioere implicated in the scandal when it broke, with Inter later being linked to the scandal but eventually being fully exonerated. Juventus, Fiorentina, Lazio and Milan were officially charged, while U.S. Lecce, Reggina, A.C. Siena, Empoli F.C. and Serie B side A.C. Arezzo have been the targets of new investigations 1.After an initial trial, Juventus, Fiorentina and Lazio were relegated to Serie B for the 2006/2007 season with additional points penalties for the following Serie B season. The initial trial also stripped the last two Serie A championships from Juventus while AC Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio were all removed from entry to all European competition for the 2006/2007 (due to their new Serie A standing in the 2005/2006 not being high enough for European qualification).Later Juventus, Fiorentina, Lazio and AC Milan appealed the decision, and their appeals all resulted in reduced punishments. Juve's reduction was by far the smallest. They were relegated to Serie B and had 17 points deducted from the next campaign (-30 before appeal), and two of their last Scudetti stripped.

Juventus FC 2005/06 facts

Juventus top scorer for 2005/06 is David Trezeguet with 232005/06 Serie A match with played 38, won 27, draw 10, lost 1, goalsscored 71, goalsconceded 24, goaldifference 47. Champions due to the 2006 Calciopoli Scandal relegated to Serie B

In the 2004-05 season, the Serie A, Juventus finished first in the table. However the club was subsequently stripped in 2006 of what would have been their 28th national title because of their involvement in the 2006 Serie A scandal. The Serie A also for the first time in several years, was composed by 20 teams.The first two teams qualified directly to UEFA Champions League, teams ending in the 3rd and 4th places had to play Champions League qualifications, teams ending in the 5th and 6th places qualified to UEFA Cup (another spot was given to the winner of Coppa Italia), while the last three teams were to be relegated in Serie B, the Italian second division.

The 2004/05 factJuventus top scorer for 2004/05 is Zlatan Ibrahimovic with 23 goals2004/05 Serie A match with played 38, won 26, draw 8, lost 4, goalsscored 67, goalsconceded 27, goaldifference 86 first and champions league.